Vermont Brain Bee Practice Questions

VERMONT BRAIN BEE SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1. The hippocampus hippocampus is involved in what function? function? 2. To the closest pound, how heavy is the average adult brain? 3. Neurotransmit Neurotransmitters ters are stored in what cellular cellular structures? 4. The loss of dopamine in the basal ganglia is an important factor in what neurological disease? 5. In what stage of Non-REM sleep are the brain waves the slowest and largest? 6. What does epinephrin epinephrine e do to blood pressure? 7. The striate cortex processes what kind of sensory information? 8. The somatic nervous system innervates what type of muscle? 9. To which of the special senses does the human brain devote most space? 10. Where in the brain is most knowledge about facts and events stored? 11. What kind of memory memory depends on the amygdala? amygdala? 12. MS is an autoimmune autoimmune disease in which which the body s natural defenses attack what substance in the central nervous system? ʼ

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